Karting is one of the most interesting and fun sports that racing lovers can enjoy without necessarily having to excel at driving or having a driving license. Due to this, people of all ages can participate in karting and get an experience of being on the race track. At Yas Marina Circuit, karting gets even more fun. People can not only participate in karting but can also compete with their friends, the leaderboards, and international participants from the Sodi World Series, through SWS Karting.
What is the Sodi World Series?
Sodi World Series is a worldwide go-karting ranking platform, which has an international network of ranking. There are several racetracks from around the world that host SWS Karting competitions and Yas Marina Circuit is one of them. Due to their international rankings and numerous racetracks all around the world, people can compete in the Sodi World Series any time of the year from any SWS Karting track. The points will be added to their yearly international rankings at the end of their session. They can also check their statistics and compare them with other drivers from around the world, on the SWS website.
So, with the Sodi World Series, people can compete in international go-karting, while having fun. Moreover, SWS Karting has competitions for both children and adults. For children of 7 to 14 years of age, there are Junior Cups, and for people above 15 years of age, there are Sprint cups and Endurance races.
Categories and details of Sodi World Series Events at Yas Marina Circuit
- There are 3 main categories of SWS Karting races that take place at Yas Marina Circuit - Sprint Race, Joker Sprint Race, and Endurance Race, along with Practice - Skillz Night.
- All three categories of races have three rounds - qualifiers, first race, and second race.
- Also, the races have been divided into two categories on the basis of the people who can participate. These categories are - Senior, for people below 80 kgs of weight, and Master, for people above 90 kgs of weight.
- All the races have different durations based on their types.
- The 45-minute practice sessions of SWS karting do not add points to the Sodi World Series rankings.
Yas Karting Leaderboards
Besides the Sodi World Series, Yas Kartzone at Yas Marina Circuit also has its own leaderboards. There are three separate leaderboards for people of different age groups. The Kids Leaderboard includes 5 – 7-year-olds; the Junior Leaderboard is for 8 – 12-year-olds; and the Adult Leaderboard includes people of and above 13 years of age. These leaderboards are updated on a monthly basis and Yas Kartzone, powered by ADNOC, ranks participants based on their fastest times. The winners of the leaderboard of the month win a karting pass for the following month at Yas Kartzone. They also have a celebrity leaderboard, where you will find famous Formula 1 names competing in karting.
While karting is an entertaining activity that can be enjoyed by both kids and adults, a fun competition can raise the excitement level and add to its enjoyment factor. Since karting is also the first step to being in Formula 1, competing on a monthly basis in the Yas Karting Leaderboards, or internationally in the Sodi World Series, can majorly help the journey to F1. For more details on SWS Karting and Yas Kartzone, you can visit the Yas Marina Circuit website.